title: Toward a psychodynamic approach to bioethics.
abstract: Although many first-generation bioethicists were psychiatrists and some received psychoanalytic training, the field of bioethics has developed largely in isolation from psychodynamic theory. While much has been written regarding the ethics of psychoanalysis, only a few scholars have attempted to explain bioethical phenomena in psychodynamic terms. This paper argues for the development of a comprehensive theory of "psychodynamic bioethics" that attempts to explain individual and collective attitudes toward bioethical controversy in psychodynamic terms.
authors.affiliation: The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, Ny 10027, USA. jacobmappel@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jacob M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Appel
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics; D026822:Ethicists; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000941:ethics*